India- US Diplomatic Crisis after Indian female diplomat arrested and strip searched

This is in grave violation of the Vienna Convention. United States authorities knew she was a diplomat and yet they deliberately humiliated her. The
US is well aware of the legal status of the case with the domestic help which was being pursued in a court of law in India. In fact, India had sought
US' help in the case. Yet, the deliberate insult,

India has taken an exceptionally strong stand over the public arrest, strip search and ill-treatment meted out to Deputy Consul General Devyani
Khobragade in the United States of America by New York police. Signalling that benefits of all US consulates in India will be reviewed, sources say
all US diplomats in India have been asked to hand over their identity cards that given them diplomatic benefits.

so far the following has been done by India

1. India has asked US embassy to lift all barricades infront of US embassy here.
2. India banned all the import clearence for US embassy including food, wine etc.
3. India asked for salary details for all indian staffs working in US embassy.
4. All US diplomates have to follow procedures same as any common man to take a flight to USA.
5. All IDs issued to american diplomats have been withdrawn means they can be arrested immediately if they do any crime.

My suggestion to the Government of India is, the media has reported that we have issued visas to a number of US diplomats' companions. 'Companions'
means that they are of the same sex. Now, after the Supreme Court ruling, it is completely illegal in our country. Just as paying less wages was
illegal in the US. So, why doesn't the government of India go ahead and arrest all of them

Well....this was unexpected ..... Wrong time to take on India diplomatically , elections are coming up Indian politicians will put an unusually
strong stand now for a few months... Handcuffing her in front her kids and placing her with drug addicts and murders :

She has been accused of lying on the visa application for an Indian national who worked at her home from November 2012 to June 2013 for less than four
dollars an hour.

India has argued that the US has violated Article 41 of the Vienna Convention which states that a diplomat will only be arrested for a grave crime,
and even if arrested, all courtesies will be extended to the diplomat.

The first time, a diplomat's young daughter was arrested and locked up on false charges. India protested but the feeble objection appeared to
have further emboldened the US.

But this time, India refuses to take it lying down.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who is a former IFS officer, on Monday refused to meet a bipartisan US Congressional delegation.

"The speaker was extremely angry not because Dr Khobragade is a Dalit, but because the US did this to a woman diplomat, a mother of two. She is
impressed by the manner in which Dr Khobragade handled herself with dignity. But as a former diplomat and a woman, Meira Kumar wanted to send a
message," a source in Parliament said.

Well based on the story it looks like N.Y. P.D. screwed up not just once but this is the second time.. I think I have posted this before but I know a
few guys who used to go to the states every year to play golf and take a holiday. They have all chosen different holiday destinations due to TSA,
Immigration, and the lack welcome to America they get from authorities.

Good for India if they put the pressure right back in the U.S. face..

International agreements are exactly that, agreements of conduct under a variety of circumstances dealing with diplomats. N.Y. P.D. is not known for
their intelligence to begin with but it would appear they messed up ..wrong time, wrong person...

Not enough data yet. Was this done by an Barney Fife cop or two, or did the U.S. government know the arrest and strip search were going on. All in
all, the U.S. will be bending over backward to placate India now, and this will be forgotten in a few weeks with India millions of dollars richer in
windfall placate-money.

U.S govt. was well aware , the diplomat during the arrest did state she was a diplomat .. This is more or less a deliberate attempt at humiliation ..
no matter what the crime she committed a diplomat cannot be treated in such a way . If a US diplomat can murder two innocent people in Pakistan and
get away with it....this is nothing
I doubt US will try to blame India ... there are some massive defense deals on the cards.. US will not risk it

727Sky
International agreements are exactly that, agreements of conduct under a variety of circumstances dealing with diplomats. N.Y. P.D. is not known for
their intelligence to begin with but it would appear they messed up ..wrong time, wrong person...

I'm not going to defend the N.Y.P.D. but are you aware of just how often foreign diplomats abuse their status especially in NY? I've read someplace
that their unpaid parking tickets alone run into a fairly staggering amount of money the City could actually use,

Diplomatic immunity is abused all the time especially in NY, Simply because of the UN headquarters location.

As far as the story goes, I'm sure the N.Y.P.D. is at fault but lets not assume foreign diplomats are all innocents.

Russian diplomats, their spouses living in New York City and their associates bilked American taxpayers out of $1.5 million in a Medicaid fraud
scheme that lasted for nearly a decade, the feds said Thursday.

None of the defendants are in custody, thanks to diplomatic immunity, although 11 still reside in the U.S. and six still represent Russia here.

727Sky
International agreements are exactly that, agreements of conduct under a variety of circumstances dealing with diplomats. N.Y. P.D. is not known for
their intelligence to begin with but it would appear they messed up ..wrong time, wrong person...

I'm not going to defend the N.Y.P.D. but are you aware of just how often foreign diplomats abuse their status especially in NY? I've read someplace
that their unpaid parking tickets alone run into a fairly staggering amount of money the City could actually use,

Diplomatic immunity is abused all the time especially in NY, Simply because of the UN headquarters location.

As far as the story goes, I'm sure the N.Y.P.D. is at fault but lets not assume foreign diplomats are all innocents.

You will get no argument from me about diplomatic abuse to include drug running, slavery (Saudi diplomat), and all sorts of unacceptable western
behavior. However there are policies and procedures for these acts and the procedures were not followed in this case according to the article.

I don't remember the Russian female spy a few years ago complaining about a strip search (maybe she liked it) for all I know? Like I said in my
original posting I hope India takes this a far as they can and it is determined by whose authority the P.D. did the deed. I for one am sick of reading
about cops who are supposed to uphold the laws of the land being the very ones who break them.

Someone else said they were accused of paying domestic help $4 an hour... OK if the Domestic help lives in the house and has free food how much do you
think they should make? I could run an add for domestic help around here with free room and board with a monthly paycheck of $200 and have a long line
of applicants both young and old. Even in the states you might be surprised what you can get for $500 a month with the economy in certain areas as it
is, especially if you have a decent house for them to live in. Yep N.Y. is losing millions a year on parking tickets.. Maybe they should have places
to park that do not cost ???,??? a year to lease....instead of worrying about the size of your fountain drink....

Someone else said they were accused of paying domestic help $4 an hour... OK if the Domestic help lives in the house and has free food how much do you
think they should make? I could run an add for domestic help around here with free room and board with a monthly paycheck of $200 and have a long line
of applicants both young and old. Even in the states you might be surprised what you can get for $500 a month with the economy in certain areas as it
is, especially if you have a decent house for them to live in.

This makes it right to pay somebody below the Minimum wage? Could you live on that? Would you even want to? Also, it's not like Diplomats are
strapped for cash.

Yep N.Y. is losing millions a year on parking tickets.. Maybe they should have places to park that do not cost ???,??? a year to
lease....instead of worrying about the size of your fountain drink....

I don't drink fountain drinks but that's neither here nor there. It's NY, I've only visited there about a half dozen times in my life but even I
know that parking is going to be a pain in the backside. You'd think those that live there would know this.

That maid signed an agreement that she will be getting those wages which she was provided. She basically agreed to it in India, it was under that
condition she was allowed to go to the U.S . She is being payed Rs.30,000, which is a ridiculously high amount considering Indian standards and also
considering she does not have to many expenses in U.S .

-News coming in that all the Barricades and special protection provided for US embassies has been withdrawn which was specially placed since 9/11
-All air port passes and special privileges for US diplomats withdrawn

I'm going to say that I agree with India's policy of taking away our diplomats immunity in India. This is not the first violation that the US has
done to India's diplomats. Tit for Tat

The US is starting to think they do not have to follow the rules they expect others to follow. Of course that seems to happen when power goes to
someone's head. I think that all countries should take note of this action. They will be next, the US is testing it's power.

If we keep doing this, a lot of countries will start to back Russia and China and their empires will take over. I guess the US does not pay attention
to history at all, this is how all empires fall.

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